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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Model Views</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Model Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window enables you to encapsulate your model into the areas you are interested in. You display the window by selecting the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | Model Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">View Root Nodes</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">There are three types of View root-node available:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Model Views</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - stored in the model and visible to all users; you can have many of these</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">My Views</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - stored locally on your machine and visible only to you; you can have only one of these</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Technology-defined Views</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - read only; each View is stored with and <a href="model_views_operations.htm#TDV">populated by</a> the corresponding active MDG Technology.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Additionally, there is a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Recent Discussions</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder that contains current correspondence from the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="discussionforum.htm">Discussion Forum</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> concerning items that are held in any of the Views. The folder has a separate repository of postings for each <a href="options2.htm">forum connection</a> you access through the model. You can control how recent these postings must be, and how many are to be listed.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When you open the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Model Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window for the first time on a project, a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Model Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root section, </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">My Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root section and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Recent Discussions</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder are added for you. These can not be deleted or renamed. However you can create further </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Model View</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root nodes which you can modify and delete.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Subordinate Folders</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Under the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">My Views</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root node you can add a single level of </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">View folders</span><span class="f_BodyText">, which enable you to group </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Search</span><span class="f_BodyText"> </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">View</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folders as best suit your requirements. </span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A Search View is a folder of elements or structures that you assemble by assigning a model search to the folder. When you double-click or expand the folder, the search runs and refreshes the folder contents. You can also set a search to refresh at a defined interval, and to notify you if new results are found.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Under a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Model View</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root node you can create Views folders that can contain Search View folders, </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Slideshow </span><span class="f_BodyText">folders and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Favorites</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folders.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A Slideshow folder contains diagrams only, which you can <a href="diagram_slideshow.htm">display as a slide show</a> with diagrams being shown in the sequence in which they are listed in the folder. One folder represents one slide show. You can run the slide show automatically or manually; in either case the diagrams are closed after they have been displayed. </span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A Favorites folder gives you easy access to commonly-used items in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">. To create hyperlinks in a Favorites folder to the required items in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, drag items from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> into the Favorites folder.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can also <a href="model_views_operations.htm#Impexp">export</a> all of the View folders containing Views from any root section as an XML file, and <a href="model_views_operations.htm#Impexp">import</a> a Views XML file as an additional, editable </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Model View</span><span class="f_BodyText"> root node.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">These are single-level items; if you drag a package into the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;">Favorites</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> folder, you cannot expand that package there. To select specific items inside a package, expand it in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> and then drag the items into the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;">Favorites</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> folder.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="294" style="width:294px;"><p class="p_SeeAlso"><span class="f_SeeAlso">Key to Model View Contents</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">&nbsp;</span><br>
<span class="f_UIControl"><a href="model_views_toolbar.htm">Model Views Toolbar</a></span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="modelview%20icon.png" width="22" height="21" border="0" alt="ModelView Icon"><span class="f_Tabletext"> - A Model View root node</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="viewfolder%20icon.png" width="23" height="18" border="0" alt="ViewFolder Icon"><span class="f_Tabletext">- A View Folder</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="favoritesicon.png" width="24" height="18" border="0" alt="FavoritesIcon"><span class="f_Tabletext">- A Favorites Folder</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="screenshowicon.png" width="24" height="18" border="0" alt="ScreenshowIcon"><span class="f_Tabletext">- A Slideshow Folder</span><a name="order"></a></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="viewicon.png" width="23" height="20" border="0" alt="ViewIcon"><span class="f_Tabletext">- A View (search-based)</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="the%20myviewsicon.png" width="25" height="21" border="0" alt="The MYViewsIcon"><span class="f_Tabletext">- The My Views root node</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="dfcategoryfolder.png" width="23" height="20" border="0" alt="DFCategoryFolder"><span class="f_Tabletext">- The Recent Discussions folder</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="postings.png" width="22" height="20" border="0" alt="Postings"><span class="f_Tabletext">- A repository of postings from a selected forum, concerning elements in the Model Views</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><img src="recentposts.png" width="22" height="19" border="0" alt="RecentPosts"><span class="f_Tabletext">- The recent posts folder for the selected forum</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Each level of the Model Views hierarchy has a slightly different <a href="model_views_context_menus.htm">context menu.</a></span></p>
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